Branding & Brand Management with Dekker: Branding Strategy+ (Udemy.com)
Branding Guide MBA Level : Brand Management, Branding Strategy, Brand Building | #1 Branding Course from top MBA F100 XP
Created by: Dekker the Marketer
Last updated June 2026
What you will learn
- MBA Level Branding
- Branding
- Brand Management
- Branding Strategy
- Brand Tactics
- Luxury Brand Management
- Fashion Branding
- B2B Branding
- B2C Branding
- How to Grow Your Brand
Quality Score
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Overall Score : 90 / 100
Course Description
Top MBAs are expensive, time-consuming, and extremely difficult to get into. My goal with this course is to give you an MBA level of understanding of branding and brand management. Learn from a former Global Brand Manager at Sony PlayStation who studied brand management at Philip Kotler's Kellogg School of Management and has helped countless startups with their branding.
If you sell marketing services, this gives you a sophisticated edge over other marketers. If you’re a marketing manager, this gives you a strategic understanding of the role of branding. If you're a founder, this course will show you how to catapult your company to fame.
This course focuses specifically on branding, brand marketing, and brand management. This is not a general course on marketing. I'll lay out all the foundations of brand strategy and brand tactics, while exploring several case studies both from my hands-on experience as well as my research.
This course is built on my personal experience developing and marketing brands, my academic experience, and branding research from myself and others. I’ll dispel commonly held myths about branding and give you a solid, reliable resource for understanding brands so you aren't relying on flaky Internet resources.
Brand Management with generative AI and strategic AI
Advanced brand theory
Case study on the luxury brand management & fashion marketing leader Lacoste
Brand management with generative AI
Key lessons in fast brand growth, such as the substantial role of influencer marketing & branding partnerships
My hands-on experience in managing some of the top global brands across the USA, UK, Japan, and Canada
FMCG / CPG brand management considerations
B2B brand management drivers
Brand management lessons that apply to business-to-consumer and business-to-business (B2B) branding
How to drive word-of-mouth for your brand using highly efficient branding tactics and strategies
How to enhance key outcomes such as brand awareness, revenue, excess share of voice, reach, and frequency--both conceptually and through advertising channels such as Facebook and LinkedIn
How to penetrate a new market quickly to build brand credibility and awareness
How to leverage associations to establish a brand that doesn't yet have credibility
How to develop a comprehensive branding and brand marketing strategy
How to source and secure influencer brand deals (7 steps to secure brand partnerships)
Key branding sections:
How Brands Grow
Brand Management Lessons from Lacoste
Branding Strategy
Branding Tactics
Macro Business Perspective of Branding
Raising Brand Awareness
B2B Branding
Personal Branding
Advanced Concepts in Brand Development
Psychological and Emotional Drivers behind Brand Loyalty and Identity
Brand Positioning
Brand Differentiation vs Distinctiveness Strategies
Leveraging Cultural Trends and Consumer Behavior Insights to Build Brand Equity
Branding success starts with this course, which serves as a branding guide and mini MBA in branding, brand management, brand marketing, branding strategy, branding success, big brand strategies, and business branding.
Instructor Details
- 4.5 Rating
2,267 Reviews
Dekker the Marketer
Marketing Management Experience
• Global Product Marketing & Brand Manager for Sony PlayStation
• Vice President of Marketing for a Google accelerator startup
• Senior Product Marketing Manager for a Series-A startup
• Product Marketing Manager for a Google-backed Series-D startup
• Director of Marketing for Ironclad Games / Flame Design
• SaaS Marketing Consultant
Education
• MBA in Marketing from Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management
• Leadership Essentials from Columbia Business School
• Bachelor of Commerce from Mount Allison University
• Master's and bachelor's business courses at BI: Norwegian Business School
• Presidential Scholar at Saint Mary's University
Academic & Volunteer Experience
• University MBA Program Advisor
• College Marketing Lecturer for Digital Marketing & Business Analytics
• Division Director and VP of Membership for Toastmasters International
• Board of Directors for a charity
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Reviews
By Arnaud Mugisha on 8/24/2026
The course is really interesting, and I’m learning a lot about the entire thought process behind brand marketing. It’s giving me a much better understanding of how brands are built and positioned.
By Israel Jácome on 8/5/2025
i liked the way it questions the 4 p's thinking about the product and the bran in the process. Now is good to know how brands strategies are helpful and how to target the market i order the brand is recognized.
By Emi Haeusler on 4/17/2025
I really liked it. The best part: it helped me to get sober from some erroneous marketing ideas I already had picked up along the way. Really looking forward to apply my learning now and to keep studying with Dekker.
By José Luis Cruz Morales on 3/20/2025
This is a course that doesn't feel like it has a fixed structure, but I enjoyed it very much. It's very informative and has provided me with a clear understanding of what someone needs to do to market their product, as opposed to the recent trend of appealing to a small niche. Recommended!
By William Mancy on 11/29/2024
Suspiciously different at first, going against some common knowledge I had gained through reading different books such as "Blue Ocean Strategy", "Start with Why" and others. Extremly comprehensive and with a cleverly structured course.
By Claudine Viguri Gomez on 11/20/2024
music is too loud. voice quality is poor. the course initiates like you got in the middle. There are a lot of typos throughout his slides. Seems like he's only explaining books he's read and the examples are poor, too much Lacoste, for example. The book "How Brands Grow" is from 2010 and it's not even in print. HIs lists in Word documents look unprepared. Should use the AI he talks only slightly about to make it look like this content is still relevant in 2024. There is no consistency in presentation. I don't know how to explain it more precisely, English is not my first language and I am not convinced of him being an authority on the subject to have a 12 hour course on Udemy. Or this is what to be expected from this learning platform? I'm sorry, not satisfied at all.
By Susanna Määttä on 5/30/2024
Information is valid and needed, but I do not like the background music and the poor/silent voice against it. I hope all lectures are not like this. For a person who is not native to English, It is very disturbing to try to concentrate on material like this. At least the music volume should be a lot silent so it doesn't interfere with teaching. Sorry for my bad review.
By David Rizzo on 3/28/2024
Excellent course. Dekker really know what is talking about citing science-based marketing principles that most universities and CMOs ignore. This is your course to start re-thinking about marketing & branding. Plus tons of amazing book reccomendations he gave.
By Matthew Theron on 2/14/2023
Amazing course. Top to bottom. Blew my mind! I've learnt so much. On how to reach wider audiences. How to gain attention and keep it. How to increase market share and build real, long lasting competitive advantage without overcomplicating thing. And last but not least. How to become famous! No matter which type of brand I have. Personal. D2C. B2B. It doesn't matter. Amazing. I've really leveled up my knowledge with this one. Can't wait to put all of these into practice and start building long-term. Long-lasting growth. Must Watch!
By Danielle on 10/26/2022
This course definitely gave me insight on what brands consist of and all the aspects in creating a personal brand. I will take some valuable tips and tricks from this course specifically on how to adjust, form and succeed within my personal brand. Thank you, very intrigued to learn more about brand management.












